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EP 0266704 B1 19930602 - ELECTRONIC SYSTEM FOR MOTOR VEHICLES

Title (en)

ELECTRONIC SYSTEM FOR MOTOR VEHICLES

Publication

EP 0266704 B1 19930602 (DE)

Application

EP 87116018 A 19871031

Priority

DE 3637261 A 19861103

Abstract (en)

[origin: EP0266704A2] In an electronic system for motor vehicles various control instruments are connected to one another via a serial interface and have separate memories for variable, vehicle-specific data which are written into the memory in a processing operation common to the control instruments before the vehicle goes into service.

IPC 1-7

B60R 16/02; B60S 5/00; G07C 5/08

IPC 8 full level

B60R 16/02 (2006.01); B60S 5/00 (2006.01); G05B 19/042 (2006.01); G07C 5/08 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

G05B 19/042 (2013.01); G07C 5/0808 (2013.01); G05B 2219/23215 (2013.01); G05B 2219/25092 (2013.01); G05B 2219/2637 (2013.01)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

DE ES FR GB IT SE

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 0266704 A2 19880511; EP 0266704 A3 19900214; EP 0266704 B1 19930602; DE 3637261 A1 19880511; DE 3786059 D1 19930708; ES 2041669 T3 19931201

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 87116018 A 19871031; DE 3637261 A 19861103; DE 3786059 T 19871031; ES 87116018 T 19871031